Post Legges and Wye Valley Visit & Q+A - Rebecca

Hi Rebecca - could you pop up some initial thinking post client visits etc here.. Some folks have also popped-up some useful pics as well - perfect for blogs etc.. Trying to get all to treat their blogs as a 'journal' with a x-section of refs etc - sent a similar post to others too just prompting them to put up initial thinking/refs etc too.

Ta,


Andy

Task 3 - Second use for show box

These are my designs for my shoe box to a spice rack.
A possible name branding could be Spicy Shoes just to incorporate the idea of its second use.
My design works on using folds and tabs to tuck in and be held by other folds.
The material I have chosen is corrugated board and I do not know the measurements of this material to be precise on my designs so my designs show an example cut out to give the idea.

I found a page about the possible material that I would use in this design but the information was a bit to much to take in a compress onto my designs so in including the link in this post:

http://www.easternbox.co.uk/corrugated_packaging_grades_fluting.htm

Some additional info for this design to try and answer some questions:

The hight of this box enables it to be put into a cupboard above the counter so moisture shouldn't get to the cardboard.
It also service in this instance as an added shelf in the cupboard which means you can make use of the usual empty space above.
This design doesn't have to be used as just a spice rack, this is just one instance. It can be used for small glasses cups.

Task 2 - YouTube Video Search

What's Cooking? - Sustainable Packaging

Design to satisfy real needs as opposed to transient, fashionable or market-driven needs.

The real needs here are to not add to landfill anything that can't decompose and to be a renewable resource that can be reused and degraded without harming the environment.

Design to enable the separation of components of the product/material or service product at the end of life in order to encourage recycling or reuse of materials and/or components.

The items are biodegradable as they are made from natural substances such as corn, so it doesn't matter if it is put into landfill as it will break down into the earth.

Design to exclude the use of substances toxic or hazardous to human and other forms of life at all stages of the product/material/service product's life cycle.

Made from a natural substance, not harmful to humans with contact to food and breaks down when at the end of its life.

Design to engender maximum benefits to the intended audience and to educate the client and the user and thereby create a more equable future.

Design to exclude innovation lethargy by re-examining original assumptions behind existing concepts and products/materials/service products.

Space saving elements in lowing the amount of packaging, and it would be educating the client into new ways of how to look at the design of how to contain a product in the safe and little as possible packaging that will not harm the environment.

Design to foster debate and challenge the status quo surrounding existing products/materials/ service products.

Bottles of water or pop can use glass which is a renewable resource, environmentally friendly and can be recycled.

The problem is the finical aspect as it is shipping heavy glass, which takes up a lot of money on the fuel costs of transportation to go across the country.

The new product is PET plastic bottles that are recyclable, but is not a renewable resource or environmentally friendly as the ones that end up in landfill are impossible or not easy to break down.

Design to create more sustainable products/materials/service products for a more sustainable future.

PLA plastic from corn, sugar beat or smiler. These are being used by companies in crisp packets and salad containers. Even if many of these end up in landfill sites they will biodegrade quickly and course no harm to the environment.

We look for:

Renewability

Environmentally friendly

• Harvesting the raw material
• Manufacturing
• Disposal
  • Landfill
  • Recycle
  • Compost

Financial feasibility

• Cost effective to produce and sell

What the client looks for:

Consistent availability

Durability

Functionality

Cost

Task 1 - Al Gore documentary

The North Atlantic Ocean Current – The Great Ocean Conveyor Belt

The north Atlantic ocean current starts with cold salty water at the surface of the north Atlantic which then sinks to the bottom of the sea, as it is so dense. This runs down south to Antarctica and to the east which takes it to the Pacific ocean where the cold water starts to rise from being heated and therefore being made less dense. As the water is heated it evaporates into the atmosphere and the sea becomes more salty which will eventually sink back down over in the west of the Atlantic.

This is the driving force that affects the weather. As the flow goes back east as warmer water, it heats the surrounding air currents from the gulf stream which is how Europe is warmed. The heat in the atmosphere means more moisture to be absorbed to be transported to be rain. After all the heat is realised into the atmosphere the water is cold and filled with salt that lets it sink back to the bottom of the sea.

It is also a transport system to take heat to the poles which limits the amount of ice that can build. It also carries rain over land.

It takes a 1000 years for the conveyor to complete its cycle.

What affects this cycle?

The balance of fresh and salt water in the ocean can change the momentum of the conveyor. If more fresh water is added to the current it would become less dense from diluting the amount of salt to water, and would not sink to the bottom of the ocean with enough energy to keep the current flowing along the bottom of the sea. Eventually the conveyer would stop.

This fresh water comes from the melting ice surrounding the sea. The ice melts because the atmospheres temperature rises from heat absorption and heats the water a degree or two around the ice and speeds up the pace of the ices melting with the addition of sun rays.

Some of the bigger masses of ice (Greenland) could contribute considerably to the sea level if melted off of the land. This could rise the level enough to be a threat to low lying land areas, and in this we would loose some landmass to the sea.

What affects the changes in the sea has?

Plant life in the sea is not getting enough nutrients. This can be seen from a study of plankton that glow more fiercely red from the lack of icon they are getting.

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http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2009/28may_redglow/

The bleaching of coral reefs from lack of pigment carrying organisms.

If the conveyor stopped, places that received warmth in that area from the water would become colder. If the poles become colder more ice could develop. This would become the trend of the rest of the land mass gaining freezing like temperatures from the lack of warming. 

This is not a new occurrence. The conveyor starts and stops with each new ice age. Today human race has possible sped up this proses by add our technological advancements into the mix.

 

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